SWITCH DATACENTERS EDGAR VAN ESSEN
TITLE : MANAGING DIRECTOR COMPANY : SWITCH DATACENTERS
Van Essen joined Switch
Datacenters five years ago as Managing Director and - together with Gregor Snip ( CEO & Co-Founder ) - is responsible for the strategic , daily growth of the company .
Before joining Switch Datacenters , Van Essen was an Executive Vice President leading a large region for a renowned Swiss high tech company .
Van Essen has a long and successful track record in building out the digital infrastructural markets in EMEA , and has been very successful in implanting new growth strategies across Europe . He holds a Master Degree in Business from Rijksuniversiteit Groningen , and is driven by innovation and smart new business models .
EXECUTIVE BIO
Expanding and evolving in the Amsterdam data centre market Switch Datacenters is an Amsterdambased data centre provider that has been at the forefront of the region ’ s sustainability focus for the last 15 years .
“ Our role in the Dutch data centre market is to be the challenger . We ’ re coming from a relatively small position in retail and , over the last three years , have succesfully
“ Our role in the Dutch data centre market is to be the challenger and innovator ”
EDGAR VAN ESSEN MANAGING DIRECTOR , SWITCH DATACENTERS
moved into large hyperscale and wholesale site development . We ’ re not known to everybody , and we like to keep it that way ,” explains Van Essen .
“ We are not shouting from the rooftops what we do – that doesn ' t help us in our plans to get the right locations and the right new sites in Amsterdam . So we have a deliberately low profile , but in Amsterdam , we know every street , and every potential building that we could turn into a data centre .
Every year , Switch develops new data centres and adds to its expanding portfolio .
“ So we have more than 120MW of data centre capacity in development in Amsterdam . But , when we have bigger customers on board , we might also follow them abroad ,” Van Essen adds .
The company was founded to address what they saw as a gap in the market and bring a new approach to the industry . “ Switch Datacenters started 15 years ago by
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